Asian Congress
for Media and Communication
ABOUT
The Asian Congress for Media and Communication (ACMC) is an international professional organization in the fields of media, communication, language, and the allied arts education. Membership is spread throughout Asia and the Pacific even as its conferences has attracted participants as far as Europe, Latin America and Africa. Its primary purpose is to provide an avenue for academic discourse among institutions of media and communication. It is a non‐stock, non‐profit organization, registered under the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
In-charge of the operations of the organization, the EC is a three-year officership of ACMC members (renewable). The EC are appointed by the Board of Directors of ACMC.
2024-2026
President
SMITH BOONCHUTIMA, PhD
Faculty of Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University
Thailand
Vice-President
NAMJOON KANG, PhD
Faculty of English and TESOL
Sookmyung Women's University, South Korea
Secretary for Media Education
KHAIRIAH A RAHMAN
Faculty of Communication Studies
Auckland University of Technology,
New Zealand
Secretary for Communication Education
TSUNG-JEN SHIH, PhD
Faculty of Communication
National Chengchi University Taipei
Secretary for Language Education
ACHALA ABEYKOON, PhD
Faculty of Communication, University of Kelaniya,
Sri Lanka
Executive Director
WALTER YUDELMO, PhD
Faculty of Communication
Trinity University of Asia
Vice Executive Director
DINO CANTAL
Faculty of Communication
Trinity University of Asia
ACMC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair
RACHEL E. KHAN, PhD
Faculty of Journalism
University of the Philippines
Vice-Chair/Executive Director
WALTER YUDELMO, PhD
Faculty of Communication
Trinity University of Asia
President Emeritus/ Member of the Board
AZMAN AZWAN AZMAWATI, PhD
School of Communication
Universiti Sains Malaysia
NATIONAL COUNCILS
Philippines
Country Director
Benjamina Flor, PhD
Faculty of Development Communication,
University of the Philippines, Los Banos
Vice Director
Ma. Eliza Torres
Faculty of Arts and Letters
Mapua Institute of Technology
Malaysia
Country Director
Catherine Lee Cheng Ean, PhD
School of Arts
Sunway University, Malaysia
Indonesia
Country Director
Muria Endah Sokowati, PhD
Faculty of Communication
Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia
United Arab Emirates
Country Director
William McCarthy, PhD
Faculty of Communication and Media Sciences
Zayed University, Dubai
Pakistan
Country Director
Wajid Zulqarnain, PhD
Faculty of Media Sciences
SZABIST University, Islamabad
Country Director
Durgesh Tripathi, PhD
University School of Mass Communication
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University,
New Delhi
Vice Director
Archana Kumari, PhD
Faculty of Media Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Country Director
Mohammad Sahid Ullah, PhD
Faculty of Communication and Journalism
Chittagong University, Bangladesh